Webhealth
Webhealth has been specifically developed to provide access for people to
connect with Health and Social Services. This web-based approach builds on
the strengths of people and families to determine their support needs. Within the Webhealth website is Linkage. Linkage is a
partnership between an NGO, Pathways; primary health care, Pinnacle; and a
secondary provider/hospital, Health Waikato. It offers early intervention
services with a “one stop shop” in central Hamilton and New Plymouth.
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
From the "HIPAA Compliance Ask The Expert" series in Medscape Money and Medicine - "The identification of potential patients for enrollment in clinical trials is a critical step in carrying out vital research that can lead to significant advances and improvements in medical treatment. The HIPAA medical privacy rule recognizes the legitimate needs of researchers to access and use patients' protected health information (PHI) to identify appropriate candidates for specific health research protocols and projects while maintaining strong protections for the privacy of patient information." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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Current Opinion in Psychiatry article at Medscape - "... Over four decades, there have been extensive efforts to understand consent processes, giving emphasis to information-related and decisional capacity considerations. In this time, relatively little attention has been given to the cardinal element of voluntarism, defined minimally as the expression of authentic choice in the absence of coercion. The past year, however, has witnessed the emergence of a handful of promising evidence-based papers seeking to present a more nuanced, substantive understanding of voluntarism, which is at the heart of the informed consent process." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].
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An overview, in the September APA Monitor of four cases decided in June by the US Supreme Court ("spanning affirmative action, forced medication for trial competency, sexual contact in same-sex couples and the prosecution of child sexual abuse...") in which the APA had filed amicus curiae briefs.
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Article in the September APA Monitor - "President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health has recommended strategies to improve the quality of mental health services, including making early mental health screening common practice."
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Created by Mind Out (UK), "This comprehensive, practical guide contains useful material to help employers make positive changes to policy and practice surrounding mental health. It has been designed as a flexible, stimulating resource and will be particularly useful to managers and human resource professionals." This page at the Mind Out web site in turn provides links to the full 122 page toolkit and to individual sections, all in Adobe Acrobat format. Mind Out is "...is an active campaign to stop the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health."
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